New Jersey 20 at Jacksonville 30

1985 Week 11 - Sunday, May 5, 1985
New Jersey Generals(7-3)(-3) at Jacksonville Bulls(5-5)
Attendance: 60,100, TV: ABC

JACKSONVILLE,FL(AP) - Running back Mike Rozler ran for two touchdowns and the Jacksonville defense shut down quarterback Doug Flutie as the Bulls defeated the New Jersey Generals 30-20 Sunday in a United States Football League game.

A crowd of 60,100 --the largest of the year inthe USFL - watched the game In Jacksonville, matching Rozier, the 1983 Heisman Trophy winner, against Flutie, the 1984 Heisman winner, and New Jersey running back Herschel Walker, the 1982 Heisman winner.

Rozier, in his longest run of the year, broke several tackles on a 23-yard scamper that gave the Bulls their first touchdown with 1:51 left in the first quarter. Then, with 2:17 left in the game, scored on a 1-yard run around right end.

Walker ran for 169 yards on 29 carries. It was his fifth consecutive 100-yard game. Flutie finished with only nine completions in 17 attempts for 148 yards and one touchdown.

Jacksonville tight end Norris Brown broke open the game with 10:30 left in the game when he hauled in a kickoff and ran 82 yards down the right side for the Bulls' first-ever kickoff return for a touchdown. Brown's return gave Jacksonville a 23-20 lead.

Brian Franco kicked field goals of 23 and 38 yards in the second quarter and added a third-period kickoff 36 yards for the Bulls.

The victory gave Jacksonville a 6-5 record. New Jersey, which was tied for the Eastern Division lead coming into the game, dropped to7-4.

Complete Game

Highlights

May 5, 1985
Jacksonville Bulls - 30
New Jersey Generals - 20
at Gator Bowl
60,100

New Jersey        10   3   0   7 -- 20
Jacksonville       7   6   3  14 -- 30

1st Qtr ---- NJ - FG Ruzek 49
             NJ - Bowers 30 pass from Flutie (Ruzek kick)
             JACK - Rozier 23 run (Franco kick)
2nd Qtr ---- JACK - FG Franco 23
             NJ - FG Ruzek 26
             JACK - FG Franco 38
3rd Qtr ---- JACK - FG Franco 36
4th Qtr ---- NJ - Carthon 10 run (Ruzek kick)
             JACK - Brown 82 kickoff return (Franco kick)
             JACK - Rozier 1 run (Franco kick)

TEAM STATS          NEW JERSEY       JACKSONVILLE
First Downs              19                21
Rushes-Yards         40-209             27-98
Passing Yards           119               195
Return Yards             95               176
Passes                 9-18-1           20-31-0
Sacks By               2-29               1-5
Punts                  3-40              3-37
Fumbles-Lost            2-1               1-0
Penalties-Yards        6-40              4-20
Time of Possession    29:55             30:05

INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING = New Jersey: Walker 29-169, Carthon 8-40, Flutie 3-0. 
       Jacksonville: Rozier 22-87, Mason 2-2, Lewis 3-9.
PASSING = New Jersey: Flutie 9-17-0-148, Partridge 0-1-1-0.  Jacksonville:
       Luther 20-31-0-200.
RECEIVING = New Jersey: Bowers 2-43, Harmon 1-8, Carthon 2-25, Speck 1-10,
       Walker 1-20, Broughton 2-42.  Jacksonville: Kemp 4-45, Keel 4-33,
       Young 2-23, Matthews 1-9, Alexis 3-26, Mason 2-19, Rozier 3-41,
       Butts 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALS = None

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn

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